internet

After changing my personal emai strategy over the weekend by switching to Gmail, I was motivated to change the way I handle email at work as well. I am currently using Ximian Evolution 1.4 (which has recently become Novell Evolution) on Linux, but I am not quite happy with it. Similar to the way OpenOffice tries (and only superficially succeeds) to emulate Microsoft Office, Evolution emulates Microsoft Outlook. I certainly does a decent job, but at least the 1....

I’ve been thinking about a better email strategy. About 8 years or so ago, when I was still using my university’s email account, I signed up for a forwarding address from Bigfoot (which at the time was still free and without any limitations). This allowed me to keep using the same email address until now, even though the actual mailbox that it was pointing to changed numerous times when I switched ISPs, domains, etc. Bigfoot introduced their own webmail service later, which provided a decent way for me to check my personal email at work, for example. However, there are several problems with this approach: ...

A while ago I mentioned GmailFS. I still have not had a chance to try it, but now that I use Linux at work there’s even more reason to give it a shot. A similar tool now exists for Windows users: GMail Drive. Definitely worth a look. I wonder how much effort Google will put into disabling these tools. I guess it depends on how much they catch on. Apparently they have already modified their login procedures, breaking a previous version of GMail Drive....

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom has announced plans to establish free Wi-Fi Internet access for everybody in San Francisco. Parts of the city, including Union Square, already offer this service. (via The Wireless Weblog)

Wired News has decided to no longer capitalize the “I” in “Internet”, which will now simply be spelled “internet”. At the same time, “Web” becomes “web” and “Net” becomes “net”. I wonder if this sets a big enough precedent that other people start adopting the new spelling. It kind of makes sense to me.